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Abit NF7-s Ver2 Install Problems
Hi,
I bought an overclockers.co.uk kit with an NF7-S Ver 2 mobo and XP2500 - with the intention of overclocking it to 3200, as overclockers guaranteed it would. But I haven't even got that far as I am still trying to set it up at failsafe settings, without success. The first thing I noticed was that the first BIOS page reported the clock speed as 1100 and so does windows XP Pro SP1. The IEEE and ethernet devices both have ? status. XP pro identifies the IEEE device but will not load the driver as it thinks there are insufficient resources. It shows the ethernet controller but running the setup disk that came with the mobo doesn't load an ethernet driver and trying to do so manually by pointing it at the CD subdirectory again doesn't think that a suitable driver is there. There does appear to be a more recent BIOS on the website but I am loathe to try that as the things it fixes don;t seem relevant. Any thoughts on where to go from here? I have tried a clean install of XP Pro 3 times now with the same result. I could try 2000 or Win98 and see if they produce the same result. My idea was to get the system fully functional before trying to tweak anything higher and thought the failsafe settings would be a good place to start. The ethernet is enabled in the BIOS. Can anyone tell me whether the clock speed is right for a 2500? I didn't read the chip label when it arrived and assumed that they had sent the right thing - the box was just a typical OEM plain brown cardboard. Teach me not to check! It certainly isn't getting more than very luke warm. Any suggestions on getting the inbuilt ethernet to work, or the IEEE? Or should I just return the mobo to overclockers? -- Thanks, Sue |
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Palindrâ~»me wrote:
Hi, I bought an overclockers.co.uk kit with an NF7-S Ver 2 mobo and XP2500 - with the intention of overclocking it to 3200, as overclockers guaranteed it would. But I haven't even got that far as I am still trying to set it up at failsafe settings, without success. The first thing I noticed was that the first BIOS page reported the clock speed as 1100 and so does windows XP Pro SP1. Is it a mobile 2500, if so you need to set it manually, 11 x 166 stock to get it stable first. Memory in sync with fsb. The IEEE and ethernet devices both have ? status. XP pro identifies the IEEE device but will not load the driver as it thinks there are insufficient resources. It shows the ethernet controller but running the setup disk that came with the mobo doesn't load an ethernet driver and trying to do so manually by pointing it at the CD subdirectory again doesn't think that a suitable driver is there. Have you tried removing them from device manager (maybe in safe mode) and restarting then try loading the mobo drivers again, possibly get the latest versions first and put them on cd. There does appear to be a more recent BIOS on the website but I am loathe to try that as the things it fixes don;t seem relevant. I wouldn't bother, you shouldn't have to flash a new(ish) board, get it stable first, maybe reset cmos (with all power disconnected) and load optimal defaults and go from there. Any thoughts on where to go from here? I have tried a clean install of XP Pro 3 times now with the same result. I could try 2000 or Win98 and see if they produce the same result. My idea was to get the system fully functional before trying to tweak anything higher and thought the failsafe settings would be a good place to start. The ethernet is enabled in the BIOS. Can anyone tell me whether the clock speed is right for a 2500? I didn't read the chip label when it arrived and assumed that they had sent the right thing - the box was just a typical OEM plain brown cardboard. Teach me not to check! It certainly isn't getting more than very luke warm. Stock - 11 x 166 3200 speed - 11 x 200, get it stable first. Any suggestions on getting the inbuilt ethernet to work, or the IEEE? Or should I just return the mobo to overclockers? Doesn't sound faulty to me, just a little messed up ;o), definately reset the cmos so you have a clean starting point, set up the speeds if you have a mobile chip and try yet another installation of XP with the latest drivers. Let us know how it goes. -- Ian |
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Update the bios to 24 i thinks the latest Ive got the board running a Througbred 2400 in it stock speed pc2100 stock speed !!! Only becuase iam waiting for my Mobile 2500 and Dual channel 1gig ram. Hope to run it atleast 2.6 maybe 2.7ghz. Mine installed fine, maybe a faulty board ? On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:43:09 +0100, "Apollo" wrote: Palindrâ~»me wrote: Hi, I bought an overclockers.co.uk kit with an NF7-S Ver 2 mobo and XP2500 - with the intention of overclocking it to 3200, as overclockers guaranteed it would. But I haven't even got that far as I am still trying to set it up at failsafe settings, without success. The first thing I noticed was that the first BIOS page reported the clock speed as 1100 and so does windows XP Pro SP1. Is it a mobile 2500, if so you need to set it manually, 11 x 166 stock to get it stable first. Memory in sync with fsb. The IEEE and ethernet devices both have ? status. XP pro identifies the IEEE device but will not load the driver as it thinks there are insufficient resources. It shows the ethernet controller but running the setup disk that came with the mobo doesn't load an ethernet driver and trying to do so manually by pointing it at the CD subdirectory again doesn't think that a suitable driver is there. Have you tried removing them from device manager (maybe in safe mode) and restarting then try loading the mobo drivers again, possibly get the latest versions first and put them on cd. There does appear to be a more recent BIOS on the website but I am loathe to try that as the things it fixes don;t seem relevant. I wouldn't bother, you shouldn't have to flash a new(ish) board, get it stable first, maybe reset cmos (with all power disconnected) and load optimal defaults and go from there. Any thoughts on where to go from here? I have tried a clean install of XP Pro 3 times now with the same result. I could try 2000 or Win98 and see if they produce the same result. My idea was to get the system fully functional before trying to tweak anything higher and thought the failsafe settings would be a good place to start. The ethernet is enabled in the BIOS. Can anyone tell me whether the clock speed is right for a 2500? I didn't read the chip label when it arrived and assumed that they had sent the right thing - the box was just a typical OEM plain brown cardboard. Teach me not to check! It certainly isn't getting more than very luke warm. Stock - 11 x 166 3200 speed - 11 x 200, get it stable first. Any suggestions on getting the inbuilt ethernet to work, or the IEEE? Or should I just return the mobo to overclockers? Doesn't sound faulty to me, just a little messed up ;o), definately reset the cmos so you have a clean starting point, set up the speeds if you have a mobile chip and try yet another installation of XP with the latest drivers. Let us know how it goes. |
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I'm running the 2500+ Mobile on the NF7-S v2.0 and the TicTac v.23 modded
bios now. I think it's giving me higher FSB but I didn't test the standard v24 bios well enough to tell. Right now I am running stable air HSF @ 2412mhz. 11.5x204 (Dual 418). The CPU is is a AQYHA. My only problem is my old HSF is not cooling good enough, so I am thinking of the Zalman 7000 Cu. I only need a few degree's drop and I can do 2500 easy. I've had this setup running at 2500mhz but that is just after the Air Conditioner has cooled the ambient temps. I think I got as high as 11.5x213 but got errors in HotCPU and Prime95. I also relaxed my memory timings to do that. Mem Spec=Mushkin 2,3,2,6 1GB PC3200. "OCZ Guy" wrote in message ... Update the bios to 24 i thinks the latest Ive got the board running a Througbred 2400 in it stock speed pc2100 stock speed !!! Only becuase iam waiting for my Mobile 2500 and Dual channel 1gig ram. Hope to run it atleast 2.6 maybe 2.7ghz. Mine installed fine, maybe a faulty board ? On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:43:09 +0100, "Apollo" wrote: Palindrâ~»me wrote: Hi, I bought an overclockers.co.uk kit with an NF7-S Ver 2 mobo and XP2500 - with the intention of overclocking it to 3200, as overclockers guaranteed it would. But I haven't even got that far as I am still trying to set it up at failsafe settings, without success. The first thing I noticed was that the first BIOS page reported the clock speed as 1100 and so does windows XP Pro SP1. Is it a mobile 2500, if so you need to set it manually, 11 x 166 stock to get it stable first. Memory in sync with fsb. The IEEE and ethernet devices both have ? status. XP pro identifies the IEEE device but will not load the driver as it thinks there are insufficient resources. It shows the ethernet controller but running the setup disk that came with the mobo doesn't load an ethernet driver and trying to do so manually by pointing it at the CD subdirectory again doesn't think that a suitable driver is there. Have you tried removing them from device manager (maybe in safe mode) and restarting then try loading the mobo drivers again, possibly get the latest versions first and put them on cd. There does appear to be a more recent BIOS on the website but I am loathe to try that as the things it fixes don;t seem relevant. I wouldn't bother, you shouldn't have to flash a new(ish) board, get it stable first, maybe reset cmos (with all power disconnected) and load optimal defaults and go from there. Any thoughts on where to go from here? I have tried a clean install of XP Pro 3 times now with the same result. I could try 2000 or Win98 and see if they produce the same result. My idea was to get the system fully functional before trying to tweak anything higher and thought the failsafe settings would be a good place to start. The ethernet is enabled in the BIOS. Can anyone tell me whether the clock speed is right for a 2500? I didn't read the chip label when it arrived and assumed that they had sent the right thing - the box was just a typical OEM plain brown cardboard. Teach me not to check! It certainly isn't getting more than very luke warm. Stock - 11 x 166 3200 speed - 11 x 200, get it stable first. Any suggestions on getting the inbuilt ethernet to work, or the IEEE? Or should I just return the mobo to overclockers? Doesn't sound faulty to me, just a little messed up ;o), definately reset the cmos so you have a clean starting point, set up the speeds if you have a mobile chip and try yet another installation of XP with the latest drivers. Let us know how it goes. |
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That was 12.5x213
"Z28" wrote in message ... I'm running the 2500+ Mobile on the NF7-S v2.0 and the TicTac v.23 modded bios now. I think it's giving me higher FSB but I didn't test the standard v24 bios well enough to tell. Right now I am running stable air HSF @ 2412mhz. 11.5x204 (Dual 418). The CPU is is a AQYHA. My only problem is my old HSF is not cooling good enough, so I am thinking of the Zalman 7000 Cu. I only need a few degree's drop and I can do 2500 easy. I've had this setup running at 2500mhz but that is just after the Air Conditioner has cooled the ambient temps. I think I got as high as 11.5x213 but got errors in HotCPU and Prime95. I also relaxed my memory timings to do that. Mem Spec=Mushkin 2,3,2,6 1GB PC3200. "OCZ Guy" wrote in message ... Update the bios to 24 i thinks the latest Ive got the board running a Througbred 2400 in it stock speed pc2100 stock speed !!! Only becuase iam waiting for my Mobile 2500 and Dual channel 1gig ram. Hope to run it atleast 2.6 maybe 2.7ghz. Mine installed fine, maybe a faulty board ? On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 22:43:09 +0100, "Apollo" wrote: Palindrâ~»me wrote: Hi, I bought an overclockers.co.uk kit with an NF7-S Ver 2 mobo and XP2500 - with the intention of overclocking it to 3200, as overclockers guaranteed it would. But I haven't even got that far as I am still trying to set it up at failsafe settings, without success. The first thing I noticed was that the first BIOS page reported the clock speed as 1100 and so does windows XP Pro SP1. Is it a mobile 2500, if so you need to set it manually, 11 x 166 stock to get it stable first. Memory in sync with fsb. The IEEE and ethernet devices both have ? status. XP pro identifies the IEEE device but will not load the driver as it thinks there are insufficient resources. It shows the ethernet controller but running the setup disk that came with the mobo doesn't load an ethernet driver and trying to do so manually by pointing it at the CD subdirectory again doesn't think that a suitable driver is there. Have you tried removing them from device manager (maybe in safe mode) and restarting then try loading the mobo drivers again, possibly get the latest versions first and put them on cd. There does appear to be a more recent BIOS on the website but I am loathe to try that as the things it fixes don;t seem relevant. I wouldn't bother, you shouldn't have to flash a new(ish) board, get it stable first, maybe reset cmos (with all power disconnected) and load optimal defaults and go from there. Any thoughts on where to go from here? I have tried a clean install of XP Pro 3 times now with the same result. I could try 2000 or Win98 and see if they produce the same result. My idea was to get the system fully functional before trying to tweak anything higher and thought the failsafe settings would be a good place to start. The ethernet is enabled in the BIOS. Can anyone tell me whether the clock speed is right for a 2500? I didn't read the chip label when it arrived and assumed that they had sent the right thing - the box was just a typical OEM plain brown cardboard. Teach me not to check! It certainly isn't getting more than very luke warm. Stock - 11 x 166 3200 speed - 11 x 200, get it stable first. Any suggestions on getting the inbuilt ethernet to work, or the IEEE? Or should I just return the mobo to overclockers? Doesn't sound faulty to me, just a little messed up ;o), definately reset the cmos so you have a clean starting point, set up the speeds if you have a mobile chip and try yet another installation of XP with the latest drivers. Let us know how it goes. |
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They didn't mean 3200Mhz!!! Maybe PR rating on Sandra.
"Palindr?me" wrote in message ... Hi, I bought an overclockers.co.uk kit with an NF7-S Ver 2 mobo and XP2500 - with the intention of overclocking it to 3200, as overclockers guaranteed it would. But I haven't even got that far as I am still trying to set it up at failsafe settings, without success. The first thing I noticed was that the first BIOS page reported the clock speed as 1100 and so does windows XP Pro SP1. The IEEE and ethernet devices both have ? status. XP pro identifies the IEEE device but will not load the driver as it thinks there are insufficient resources. It shows the ethernet controller but running the setup disk that came with the mobo doesn't load an ethernet driver and trying to do so manually by pointing it at the CD subdirectory again doesn't think that a suitable driver is there. There does appear to be a more recent BIOS on the website but I am loathe to try that as the things it fixes don;t seem relevant. Any thoughts on where to go from here? I have tried a clean install of XP Pro 3 times now with the same result. I could try 2000 or Win98 and see if they produce the same result. My idea was to get the system fully functional before trying to tweak anything higher and thought the failsafe settings would be a good place to start. The ethernet is enabled in the BIOS. Can anyone tell me whether the clock speed is right for a 2500? I didn't read the chip label when it arrived and assumed that they had sent the right thing - the box was just a typical OEM plain brown cardboard. Teach me not to check! It certainly isn't getting more than very luke warm. Any suggestions on getting the inbuilt ethernet to work, or the IEEE? Or should I just return the mobo to overclockers? -- Thanks, Sue |
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Z28 wrote:
[snip] My only problem is my old HSF is not cooling good enough, so I am thinking of the Zalman 7000 Cu. I only need a few degree's drop and I can do 2500 easy. Go for it, excellent HSF IMO, but be aware that you'll have to slightly mod the mounting to get it to fit your NF7-S. -- Ian |
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Noooo, What sink modding, can you be specific??? I haven't ordered yet, so
I'm not committed. "Apollo" wrote in message ... Z28 wrote: [snip] My only problem is my old HSF is not cooling good enough, so I am thinking of the Zalman 7000 Cu. I only need a few degree's drop and I can do 2500 easy. Go for it, excellent HSF IMO, but be aware that you'll have to slightly mod the mounting to get it to fit your NF7-S. -- Ian |
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Ive got the same board and a Zalman 7000A cu, i belive you have to cu the clip to fit it, have not done m ine yet using a Vantec AeroFlow, i want my quiet Zalman On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:06:36 -0400, "Z28" wrote: They didn't mean 3200Mhz!!! Maybe PR rating on Sandra. "Palindr?me" wrote in message ... Hi, I bought an overclockers.co.uk kit with an NF7-S Ver 2 mobo and XP2500 - with the intention of overclocking it to 3200, as overclockers guaranteed it would. But I haven't even got that far as I am still trying to set it up at failsafe settings, without success. The first thing I noticed was that the first BIOS page reported the clock speed as 1100 and so does windows XP Pro SP1. The IEEE and ethernet devices both have ? status. XP pro identifies the IEEE device but will not load the driver as it thinks there are insufficient resources. It shows the ethernet controller but running the setup disk that came with the mobo doesn't load an ethernet driver and trying to do so manually by pointing it at the CD subdirectory again doesn't think that a suitable driver is there. There does appear to be a more recent BIOS on the website but I am loathe to try that as the things it fixes don;t seem relevant. Any thoughts on where to go from here? I have tried a clean install of XP Pro 3 times now with the same result. I could try 2000 or Win98 and see if they produce the same result. My idea was to get the system fully functional before trying to tweak anything higher and thought the failsafe settings would be a good place to start. The ethernet is enabled in the BIOS. Can anyone tell me whether the clock speed is right for a 2500? I didn't read the chip label when it arrived and assumed that they had sent the right thing - the box was just a typical OEM plain brown cardboard. Teach me not to check! It certainly isn't getting more than very luke warm. Any suggestions on getting the inbuilt ethernet to work, or the IEEE? Or should I just return the mobo to overclockers? -- Thanks, Sue |
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So I have to remove the mobo to get to the back for the 7000 mount? It needs
cleaning anyway and I want to reroute the power wires too! Never mind changing out the old mobo for my Linux firewall box.. Lets make a party out of it! :-) "OCZ Guy" wrote in message ... Ive got the same board and a Zalman 7000A cu, i belive you have to cu the clip to fit it, have not done m ine yet using a Vantec AeroFlow, i want my quiet Zalman On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:06:36 -0400, "Z28" wrote: They didn't mean 3200Mhz!!! Maybe PR rating on Sandra. "Palindr?me" wrote in message ... Hi, I bought an overclockers.co.uk kit with an NF7-S Ver 2 mobo and XP2500 - with the intention of overclocking it to 3200, as overclockers guaranteed it would. But I haven't even got that far as I am still trying to set it up at failsafe settings, without success. The first thing I noticed was that the first BIOS page reported the clock speed as 1100 and so does windows XP Pro SP1. The IEEE and ethernet devices both have ? status. XP pro identifies the IEEE device but will not load the driver as it thinks there are insufficient resources. It shows the ethernet controller but running the setup disk that came with the mobo doesn't load an ethernet driver and trying to do so manually by pointing it at the CD subdirectory again doesn't think that a suitable driver is there. There does appear to be a more recent BIOS on the website but I am loathe to try that as the things it fixes don;t seem relevant. Any thoughts on where to go from here? I have tried a clean install of XP Pro 3 times now with the same result. I could try 2000 or Win98 and see if they produce the same result. My idea was to get the system fully functional before trying to tweak anything higher and thought the failsafe settings would be a good place to start. The ethernet is enabled in the BIOS. Can anyone tell me whether the clock speed is right for a 2500? I didn't read the chip label when it arrived and assumed that they had sent the right thing - the box was just a typical OEM plain brown cardboard. Teach me not to check! It certainly isn't getting more than very luke warm. Any suggestions on getting the inbuilt ethernet to work, or the IEEE? Or should I just return the mobo to overclockers? -- Thanks, Sue |
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